Japanese Horror Truck Ghosts on Wheels
Japanese Horror Truck Ghosts on Wheels
Overview
John Daub visits the iconic Tokyo Tower to investigate a unique attraction parked at its base: a mobile horror truck created by "Amazing Jiro." This isn't just a static haunted house; it's a truck designed to travel across Japan and potentially the world, bringing J-Horror experiences directly to fans. John is joined by NFT entrepreneur Neil and award-winning horror director Pablo Absento to discuss the project's background, the nuances of Japanese horror, and a groundbreaking plan to sell the truck experience as an NFT.
The core of the video features John and Pablo entering the confined space of the truck for a live scare experience. Unlike traditional haunted houses where visitors walk through corridors, this experience keeps participants stationary while effects, sounds, and actors surround them. The segment captures their genuine reactions to the psychological and visual horror elements packed into the small vehicle.
Following the scare, the group discusses the logistics of touring the truck to locations like Okinawa and Kagoshima, and the technical details of the NFT auction scheduled for August 4th. The video offers a fascinating look at how traditional Japanese horror folklore is being adapted for modern technology and mobile entertainment, blending physical scares with blockchain ownership.
Highlights
- 00:00:05 John introduces the horror truck parked underneath Tokyo Tower.
- 00:01:47 Meet Jiro, the creator behind "Amazing Jiro" and the haunted truck.
- 00:03:25 Pablo Absento explains the emotional depth of Japanese horror compared to Western styles.
- 00:07:00 Neil reveals the plan to sell the truck experience as an NFT on the blockchain.
- 00:13:12 John and Pablo enter the dark, confined space of the horror truck.
- 00:15:08 The experience begins with psychological effects, mirrors, and sewing machine sounds.
- 00:17:00 Intense moments as actors interact with the window and darkness falls.
- 00:20:40 John and Pablo emerge shaken, praising the intensity of the confined space horror.
- 00:26:42 Explanation of Mugan (No Face), the theme behind the truck's backstory.
- 00:34:11 Entry cost revealed as 1000 yen and NFT auction date confirmed for August 4th.
Timeline / Chapters
- 00:00:00 Introduction at Tokyo Tower
- 00:01:37 Meeting Jiro, Neil, and Pablo
- 00:03:00 Discussing J-Horror vs Western Horror
- 00:07:00 The NFT Project Explanation
- 00:13:00 Entering the Horror Truck
- 00:20:30 Post-Experience Reactions
- 00:25:00 Tour Schedule and Locations
- 00:26:40 Meaning of Mugan and Backstory
- 00:34:00 Pricing and Auction Details
- 00:36:00 Closing Thoughts and Future Plans
Japan Travel Tips
- Location: The truck was parked at the base of Tokyo Tower (Shibaura, Minato City). Check the official website for current locations as it moves.
- Cost: Entry fee is 1000 yen per person.
- Schedule: The truck tours various prefectures including Okinawa, Saitama, and Kagoshima. Verify dates on the Scramble Media website.
- Transport: Some locations like Okinawa require ferry transport for the truck.
- Accessibility: The experience is confined; visitors stand against a wall rather than walking through.
- NFT Auction: The truck experience was auctioned as an NFT starting August 4th, allowing buyers to host the event globally.
Japanese Language & Culture Notes
- J-Horror (Japanese Horror): Pablo explains that Japanese horror often relies on psychological tension and visual storytelling rather than jump scares, leaving a "bitter aftertaste."
- Obake Yashiki (Haunted House): Traditional Japanese haunted houses often involve walking through corridors. This truck inverts the concept by keeping visitors stationary.
- Yurei vs. Obake: Yurei refers specifically to ghosts (often spirits of the dead), while obake refers to monsters or shape-shifters. The entity in the truck is identified as a yurei.
- Mugan (No Face): The theme of the truck's backstory. Mugan translates to "no face," referencing a story where the main character loses their face gradually.
- Folklore: John notes that Japan has a long history of scary folklore and urban legends unique to each region, which fuels the horror genre.
People
- John Daub: Host and creator of Only in Japan Go. He experiences the horror truck and facilitates the conversation.
- Pablo Absento: Award-winning horror director and producer known as the "J-Horror Queen." She provides expert context on the genre and joins John in the truck.
- Neil: Representative of Scramble Media. He explains the NFT blockchain aspect of the project and the auction details.
- Jiro (Amazing Jiro): The creator of the horror truck and haunted house experiences. He designed the effects and storyline.
Key Takeaways
- Mobile Horror: The truck allows haunted house experiences to reach people who cannot travel to fixed locations, expanding the audience for J-Horror.
- Confined Space Intensity: By restricting movement, the horror elements (sound, wind, visuals) become more immersive and psychologically impactful.
- NFT Integration: This project pioneers the sale of a physical event experience via blockchain, allowing global ownership and hosting rights.
- Cultural Depth: Japanese horror draws heavily on regional folklore and psychological tension, distinguishing it from Western slashers.
Notable Quotes
- 00:03:25 Pablo Absento: "What I love about Japanese horror is that it's visually stunning, really. All the time. And it always leaves you with such emotions, without even any jump scares or anything."
- 00:07:29 Neil: "We're selling art on the blockchain, which is kind of a big thing these days. But what we're going to be doing is selling this truck, the experience of having this truck on the blockchain."
- 00:12:28 John Daub: "It's just such a— it's like putting jalapeño in your eyes sometimes because it's so scary."
- 00:21:38 John Daub: "That's just the thing that totally flips the whole haunted house experience around. Because instead of what you're just standing there, you're not walking."
- 00:26:50 Pablo Absento: "Mugan means no face. If you watch the short movie, you'll know. But the story is about the face getting lost."
- 00:29:46 Pablo Absento: "It was yurei. That's right. Obake. Yurei. Yeah. So what it was like... It was a ghost inside."
- 00:35:12 John Daub: "Can you imagine for example parties, birthday parties, weddings something like that. This is an unforgettable experience."
Related Topics
- J-Horror History and Folklore
- Tokyo Tower Attractions
- NFTs and Blockchain in Entertainment
- Mobile Haunted Houses
- Halloween Events in Japan
Search Tags
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Full Transcript
00:00:05 John Daub: Welcome to Tokyo Tower, one of the big icons of the city of Tokyo. And down at the base today is a horror truck. Check it out. I'm really excited about this. Inside there you get a pretty unique experience, and we're going to ask the creator of this truck all about it. Why does he have it here? What's going on with it? As well as a project that's going on around it which I thought was really cool.
00:00:40 John Daub: It's really interesting. How you doing everybody? I'm at Tokyo Tower right now and I'm pretty excited about this. I heard about it a couple of weeks ago from my friend Neil, who's going to be introducing more about this. Now this truck just drove its way right underneath Tokyo Tower, and apparently you have a situation that will scare the living whatever out of you. This is Neil and this is Pablo, who is the J-Horror Queen. Did I get that right?
00:01:11 Pablo Absento: She does everything about Japanese horror.
00:01:37 John Daub: Neil and Pablo are going to explain a little bit. Where's Jiro? Jiro, come on over here. It says so on the truck here: Amazing Jiro. And there he is right here. How you doing Jiro? So, what's the story with this truck? Why is it here? What are you doing with it?
00:01:47 Jiro: I can put this on you.
00:01:52 John Daub: Okay. Boom.
00:02:09 Neil: Okay, so he was in Okinawa a few days— a few years ago. He had a haunted house there three years ago. But it was the type that you watched. You were like, oh, sure. It was a different experience. That's when he had the idea because it was very limited how many people could come to the site to experience the haunted house. So he thought, what if I could take the haunted house to the people in different places?
00:02:46 John Daub: Interesting. Why is it shaped like this?
00:03:17 Pablo Absento: Here in Japan, as an award-winning director and producer, what is the difference between Western horror and Japanese horror?
00:03:23 John Daub: Sorry, Jiro. I'm going to steal your mic here.
00:03:25 Pablo Absento: What I love about Japanese horror is that it's visually stunning, really. All the time. And it always leaves you with such emotions, without even any jump scares or anything. So you have this kind of bitter aftertaste. And that's amazing. I can talk about J-horror for a long, long time, but I'm so excited to go in and have this experience with you, John.
00:04:01 John Daub: I'm not getting scared easily, but let's see what will happen. Let's see. I'm really excited.
00:04:11 Pablo Absento: I'm not excited at all. I get scared pretty easily, and yeah.
00:04:20 John Daub: I wanted to talk probably just a little bit more. So it's called J-horror, is the genre?
00:04:27 Pablo Absento: It's Japanese horror. Yeah, because Japan has a long history of quite scary folklore and all of those monster fairy tales. And even when you travel around the country, you can hear all of those stories in different variations from the local people, which is amazing. And pretty much every area has their own version of the fairy tale or an urban legend or a legend at all. So this is quite amazing.
00:05:01 John Daub: Oh my God. Some kids just got out of here. They look happy. Eh, kowakatta (was it scary?)? Kowakatta? The kids went in there! It's a psychological horror, and the kids went in there. Wow! All right, so ima aite masu ka (is it open now?)? Ima aite masu ka.
00:05:26 John Daub: All right, so here's the thing. I have split mics. The reason why I have a mic here, the mic I'm holding is I'm going to give one to Neil and Jiro. And when we go in there, you're going to hear the sound from us, and you're going to hear the sound from the outside from Neil and Jiro. Let me introduce Neil. This is a friend of mine that I've known for about five years now. Let me show you his social media here, too. Scramble.media, yeah, so you can check it out. And I'm going to get, actually, Pablo, let's show. All right, yeah, I have my webpage. Here is my webpage that you can find all the information. You can watch my short movies on my YouTube channel, and all of this is introduced on my webpage. It's pabloabsento.com. You have a QR code there, too. Awesome.
00:06:22 Pablo Absento: Yeah, QR code, too. So I have like this if it's easier. I have a QR code here for you with a bigger QR code. Or I also have without any QR codes, if you're like an old-school type. Obviously in black and white. We're black and white, a little crazy. Well, keep it horror, you know. Yeah, keep it scary.
00:06:46 John Daub: Thank you. All right, Neil. Can I get the mic there, Pablo? Neil, I want to ask you a little bit about what you're doing before we sneak into this haunted house never to come back again.
00:07:00 Neil: Yeah, so Scramble Media is brand new. Just launched two weeks ago. It's a brand new NFT marketplace. So we're selling art on the blockchain, which is kind of a big thing these days. But what we're going to be doing is selling this truck, the experience of having this truck on the blockchain. And we will ship this truck anywhere in the world. The auction starting on August 4th.
00:07:29 John Daub: I've heard about NFTs, right? I've seen more and more of them, especially on Twitter, where artists are selling their work. You can sell just about anything nowadays. So we're going to be selling like some of Jiro's art, the original art related to this project. One of the original masks that goes on and some of the photos and things like that. But the truck is going to be like that. This is crazy. So somebody could buy the truck. And I mean, you're not actually buying the truck outright. They're buying the event. We'll ship it. We'll ship it to people. We'll run it for a week. And you can scare— you can have the most amazing birthday party. Scare all your neighbors for a week or set up something, an event in your town or whatever. I don't think it's going to be cheap. This is going to be on a boat or something, right? That they're going to get it to you by. We got to figure out the logistics. It's going to go on a boat.
00:08:26 John Daub: All right. Let's just try this. Pablo, I'm a little bit scared about this. Do you have any reservations at all?
00:08:34 Pablo Absento: I don't know what to expect. So you know, like we can talk about this a long time, but it's just like, let's get in and see. I think this is the best way to see.
00:08:47 John Daub: Is it all going to be dark in there? All right. I'm going to turn the camera on. So Neil, you can film us here. Just stand right there. You want to try to get the whole truck in if you can. So we're going to enter the truck. You can hear me on this microphone. If there's any problems with the audio, please write it in the chat and Neil will be able to see that and contact us. So we're going to have Jiro and Neil in the background explaining maybe what's going on. And you're going to be hearing us possibly screaming on the other side. I think Jiro will show you inside first and then he'll come out. Gino will show us inside first. All right. So let's get this experience started.
00:09:35 Pablo Absento: I'm not that excited.
00:09:44 John Daub: Oh, OK. There's some trouble here. So Neil, you might want to start in the same spot. Just keep it static here. OK. So according to Jiro, there's a slight delay. Just let it go for one second. I've been here for about 30 minutes now and this music is really starting to creep me out a little bit. Even horrors, they might cause some problems. They might say they're having trouble. But it's better. Like, I'm pretty sure that will be solved pretty soon.
00:10:17 Pablo Absento: So Pablo, what are you working on right now?
00:10:20 Pablo Absento: Now I'm working on a couple of projects. Like first of all, the first project is going to be the project called Small Horror, which stands for smartphone horror, which you can watch on your devices like smartphones, iPads, etc. So this is produced by the legendary director and creator of the iconic franchise of Ju-on (The Grudge), Takashi Shimizu. And yeah, this is the content for a vertical platform which is called Smash. And we have 50 episodes over there and they are quite short. Every episode is under 10 minutes and they are all separated. So you don't have to watch the entire series. So every story is just like a short movie, but in the vertical format. So my episodes now are in post-production and we're going to release them. My episodes are going to be released next month. So please watch. It's a really cool experience. First vertical horror and produced by such a big name.
00:11:25 John Daub: That's so cool. The vertical format for horror. I've never— we always see it on the big screen in a horizontal format. But vertically, there's other things you can do. I'm sure in the production of that that make it even scarier. Wow. For me, I've been— I haven't watched a lot of horror in my life because it's scary. But I like trying to watch peaceful movies like Forrest Gump. Life is like a box of chocolates. And this is one box that I never thought that I would be experiencing over here. The Japanese horror. I know it to be more psychological, meaning it's like mental. It really messes with your mind. And that's what I don't like about it. But I also love about it. You don't like it because it's scary. But that's why you love it. It's just such a— it's like putting jalapeño in your eyes sometimes because it's so scary.
00:12:28 John Daub: All right. Now I can stop with these metaphors. All right. We're ready. Here you go, Neil. So if you didn't get split channels, Channel A is going to be me and Pablo. Channel B is going to be Neil. You know, I'm going to give you the phone right now. Try to stay static and try to get the whole truck in if you can, because it's going to be pretty crazy.
00:12:58 John Daub: Check, check. Can you hear us? Can you hear us? OK. The chat will let us know if they can hear us. OK.
00:13:12 John Daub: Oh gosh, it's dark in here. It's dark in here. This is so— it looks like wow, a dirty, dirty living room.
00:13:23 Pablo Absento: Right.
00:13:28 John Daub: Put your back against the wall. Further, further, further. Further? Okay. Okay, we're deep into the truck right now. Okay. Just stay up against the wall. No walking at all. Put your back up against the wall. Is that blood? That's blood? Real blood? On the sewing machine. There. Look at this line. A pool of insects. That's nasty. There's a mirror there. A mirror? Look at this mirror. Okay. That's really creepy. Okay, we'll try.
00:14:30 John Daub: Alright, I am recording the sound, so if there's any problems, the sound is being recorded. Alright. Really? Really? He's going to close the door. No!
00:14:45 Neil: They're in. They're in. What are they doing? Nothing. Oh my God.
00:15:08 John Daub: Something just suddenly opened. We can't hear the sounds, but the screen can hear us. We can see something on a screen in front of us. It doesn't look like a screen. It looks like a window. It does. Rainy out of the windows out of there. Oh, look. Look. Look what's that. There was a woman. That's not a woman. That's not a woman. It looks like a window. Is it a woman? It looks like a ghost. More like a— something moving next to me. It's a quiet beginning. Yeah. It starts out quiet. Just don't forget this is the safe zone. It goes here. This is not safe. So the woman walked away. No she didn't. She walked around. She walked around. Yeah we don't see her anymore. I don't know if we don't see her. But it doesn't mean she's not here. Exactly. Why is this sewing machine going faster? And who's operating the sewing machine? The sewing machine's right there!
00:16:08 Neil: Jiro we can see the comment stream here.
00:16:12 John Daub: Oh! She won't even scare. Look at her face. Yeah. I don't want to look at her face.
00:16:26 Neil: Jiro's going up to the truck. You guys on the stream can already hear everything inside there. It's very much like Walking Dead but her eyes... And her face is just weaker.
00:16:45 Pablo Absento: How do you feel?
00:16:47 John Daub: I think she's coming through the door. I think she's coming through the door. No, no, no, no, no, no. It's locked. I think she's coming through the door. We're not allowed to move from against... I told you! I think I heard a scream.
00:17:00 Neil: Is the door locked? Did you check the door? We're not allowed to... Of course I didn't check the door because he said that was a dangerous zone. I've actually been in there. I went in there with my daughter and I knew the whole story. I knew what was going to happen in there. And I still— I think I was the one that got scared the most. Here we go. She's banging on the window. It looks like a zombie disfigured face. Eyes are bulging. It's the expression on her face. It's ghastly. And she's definitely... She wants to get inside. And she's seen us already. So she's just like... She's not leaving without us. Oh, you can tell she's seen us. The lighting is creepy. Of course she sees us. That's why she wants to get in here. How does she see us? We're in the dark. Why is she doing that? Why is she doing that? I don't know. The curtains. We don't see what we lose anymore. We don't see what we lose anymore. The sewing machine stopped. It's on my side. What? I don't see anymore. I hear it. It's open. It's open. It's open and it's coming here. How did it stop? There's one light. There's a very dull light. I think it's over. No, no, no, no, no. Oh, crap. Oh, crap. I heard another thing. The door opened and the door closed. The door opened and the door closed. It's pitch dark. It's pitch dark.
00:18:55 Neil: So John's in there experiencing it now. I don't see anything. John and Pablo. That might have been Pablo screaming.
00:19:09 Neil: She says she doesn't scare easily. She's a horror.
00:19:15 John Daub: I think we're going to hell.
00:19:54 Neil: They should be coming out pretty soon.
00:20:25 John Daub: Oh, crap. Oh, crap. Oh, crap. Oh, crap. Oh, crap.
00:20:30 Neil: I definitely heard a scream from out here. Oh, crap. Oh, crap. We could hear you scream out here.
00:20:40 John Daub: Well, I ate my mask. Wow. Wow. This is... This is... This is award-winning horror director Pablo Absento coming out going, wow.
00:20:57 John Daub: Oh, what did you think? Why are you not even shaking? I got sweat coming down. Great job, great job. You're getting hugs and kisses. It's like he just scared the crap out of you.
00:21:10 Pablo Absento: Great? Like wow. It's amazing. This is just the space only. And how many things you can put within this space by you know, like all of those visual props and sounds and you know, like the wind comes out and like everything, everything. It was just an amazing experience.
00:21:38 John Daub: Well that's just the thing that totally flips the whole haunted house experience around. Because instead of what you're just standing there, you're not walking. You're just standing there against the wall like doing nothing. And all of those things are happening around you. And like it just grabs your attention from every corner. It's just amazing. Amazing Jiro did an amazing job. Amazing Jiro. Arigato gozaimasu (thank you very much). That was really cool. Thank you so much.
00:22:06 John Daub: Let me put it to you like this, okay? Hold on a second. I got both the mics here. You know what's going to happen. You know you're going to be scared. And then you are. But it's the way that they do it that really creeps you out. The expressions on the faces, they're more vivid than I see on Walking Dead for example. There's more bold. I don't know. There's just the use of lighting, the use of effects. In Japan, sometimes you don't have a lot of space to work in especially if you're designing a house or something like that. And what I've seen in this, I guess you would call it a haunted house as part of the genre. In a very confined space, just what Pablo said. They were able to put in some really amazing things and effects that scared the bejesus out of me. I don't even know a word. My mask was in my mouth. I sucked my mask in. Hold on. There's one moment I don't want to spoil it because you should see it— there's one moment where it just hits you and you know it's coming, you know it's coming right, you knew it was coming yeah and it was and they left something behind to really creep you out didn't they and you know like even it's not like you there was a moment when there was like pitch dark even when it's like pitch dark you're not seeing anything you don't see anything but there are you know like those even smell of mold yeah and the wind is coming from different directions and you feeling that something is happening around you and it's even more scary when you don't see it this is just amazing this is just amazing yeah the colors the textures the sounds the feeling that I think there was even a draft that was going in there like all the little details in there they all add up to something really big and creepy don't go in there but if I say that people want to do it all right go ahead Neil.
00:24:03 Neil: So when I first found out about this project and Jiro introduced it to me, this none of this outside was on it, it was just a truck and inside was like just sheets of plywood, it was empty and I was like okay how is this going to work and he explained walked me through what the story was going to be and just hearing him explain the story to me I went oh my god this is going to be scary wow when I experienced it with my daughter and I knew what was to come I'd heard the whole story and I screamed the loudest how old is your daughter she's 16 she was scared yeah but yeah we were waiting yours who was more scared uh we were both scared.
00:24:54 John Daub: August 4th of you watching probably won't be able to see the truck there. Where are you going next?
00:25:00 Jiro: After that, I'll be in Okinawa.
00:25:04 John Daub: Ah so in Omi and Saitama then in Okinawa? September in Okinawa, Kagoshima and then after that, I'm going to Skytree. Oh Skytree also and we can get the schedule off of the website yeah so I'll put more information in the description there's also a video that you gotta check out a background video if you go to that to this site and I'll have it on my internet or something I'll put the link in the description. And at the very top menu there's Mugan, which is the special page for all the artwork that we're going to be selling as NFTs. And here's the video. The video is by director Hiroshi Shinagawa and it stands alone. It's the backstory to this. Just watching the video, it's actually the video is very scary. I totally recommend that you guys watch it right after this livestream.
00:25:55 John Daub: Wait a minute, you can't take a car to Okinawa, right?
00:25:59 Neil: It's a ferry. A ferry!
00:26:02 John Daub: Oh, I thought this is a horror thing. It also has wings here. It had some wings or something that it could fly there. So you take this on a ferry to Naha? Wow, to Naha. So not a teleport, no? Like teleportation, no? No teleportation. I can't. So horror in Okinawa is pretty big. Why Okinawa?
00:26:20 Jiro: I went to Okinawa 3 years ago, so I want to go there again for the fans.
00:26:25 Neil: Because he was doing another obake yashiki (haunted house), another haunted house in Okinawa 3 years ago, so he wants to come back there with this new project with a mobile haunted truck. Wow.
00:26:37 John Daub: And we should probably explain to our audience what Mugan means.
00:26:42 Neil: Yeah, Mugan. Mugan means no face. No face.
00:26:50 Pablo Absento: Mugan means no face. If you watch the short movie, you'll know. But the story is about the face getting lost. So if you watch that trailer that is available on the page that Neil provided, you will understand more of the background story. But the meaning is no face, so the main character is losing her face little by little, and it's just... You remember that? Like the no face creatures and some of the Japanese horror that I did see, like the grudge and the ring, those are freaking scary, man.
00:27:31 John Daub: This movie is pretty graphic? Really, Neil?
00:27:37 Neil: Yeah.
00:27:39 John Daub: How do you sleep at night? What kind of dreams does Jiro have at night?
00:27:46 Jiro: Nightmares are like heaven. Sleeps well. Sleeps very well. None of them can scare you.
00:28:02 John Daub: What are some of the work that you've done? So I'm thinking of making an edited video about Japanese horror, and I'm going to ask Pablo and Jiro if they'll help me out to try to explain it. There's a lot of details and a lot of things within this genre, like the faceless monsters in there that I think need a little bit more explanation, as well as the focus. And the folklore of Japan going all the way back centuries. There's something based in that that carries over to the modern day. And Japan has done such an amazing job, and Japanese creators, of building horror into confined spaces. And I think that's part of the success of this unique project. You can see the truck opens up like this, and boom, you have an attraction on wheels. To me, that's just genius. This would be a great October video. We do have some questions. If you have some questions for Jiro, Pablo, or Neil, or my daughter, just let me know. You can go ahead and ask. I'm happy to answer them. I don't want to go back in the truck again, so please don't ask me to do that. And yes, I will have this background music playing in my head for the rest of the week. Because we've been here for so long.
00:29:09 Pablo Absento: Is it the same show? So is it the same every time? The contents? But it's getting more and more brushed up, so I think it's getting more and more scary. So yeah, it's been... He tries to improve every time. So every time you go inside, you will have slightly different experience. And probably like it will get scarier and scarier within the days.
00:29:32 John Daub: Wow. I want to go in again. Can it get scarier? Lost Boy 3050, please do a J-horror episode and history from folklore. You got it. Was that a yurei (ghost) inside there? Or was it a obake (monster)?
00:29:46 Pablo Absento: It was yurei. Yurei. That's right. Obake. Yurei. Yeah. So what it was like... It was a ghost inside. So it was a ghost. Yurei is like the high school girls with the hair in front of their face that just stand creepily and chase little boys down, right?
00:30:01 Pablo Absento: No. Why high school?
00:30:03 John Daub: I don't know. Why do you have this cliché in your mind? I don't know. I don't know. Anyone can become yurei. Because like that's the point of Japanese horror. Everybody believes in afterlife here. So that's why anything is possible. You know? I like that. Any other questions here? Why high school? I don't know, Ryan. I just happened to pass some high school students. This is Tokyo Tower after all.
00:30:31 Neil: I have a question for your audience. Who is already into NFTs? Are some of you already collecting NFTs? And yeah, so definitely check out the website I showed earlier. And it lists all the things that will be the NFTs that we're putting on for this drop. So it's not... This is not only... This is probably like the... Has anyone ever done this before, Jiro? No one has done this before, right? Horror truck. Probably not. Yeah, it's probably not only the first haunted house truck, but it's definitely the first haunted house truck on the blockchain. And so if you like check it out and help, you know, help me get the word out about this. The auction starts on August 4th.
00:31:18 John Daub: Yeah, I mean I've been to so many haunted houses and haunted corridors. But anywhere you just... You have to walk, you know, like and actors, I mean creatures yes, they jump out of different corners trying to scare you. But here just like you're just standing. Literally you're just standing doing nothing. And all of this like it's happening all around you. And believe me this is awesome. Makes you want to come to Japan right now, doesn't it? Tell the truth.
00:31:50 Pablo Absento: What else are you working on? What are you working on right now? Well, I'm working on a lot of things. I'm also involved in the Olympics a little bit. And then I'm working on a new movie. And then I'm working on a TV commercial. Another TV commercial and some things, yeah. And if I have special makeup, I make costumes and I make models. So obviously I have work to do.
00:32:21 John Daub: This year I'm working with my friend. Jiro is a very famous horror producer here. So he of course going to be super busy. And it is a real treat to have him here and talk with the master himself, who's at Tokyo Tower right now. So if you want to come, if you're a foreign resident of Japan or you're somehow here, maybe associated with the foreign media or something, you can come down to Tokyo Tower. You get a view of what looks like the Eiffel Tower here. But also you get a chance to scare the crap out of you by going in here, taking five minutes of your time and experiencing creativity at a level that I never thought was possible. Putting so much in such a confined space is very impressive.
00:33:03 John Daub: Dose, can we get a look inside there?
00:33:14 Jiro: He said better not to show you the inside.
00:33:18 Pablo Absento: Oh I like that. We've been rejected. If you watch the, you definitely should watch the movie first. And the movie, it's kind of like you're in the movie, the continuation of the movie. So that's a big hint of what the inside is like.
00:33:36 John Daub: No. It's not. It's not. You have to write your question again instead of complaining about it. Write your question again. Let Pablo correct me.
00:33:40 Pablo Absento: It's not inside the movie because you know like it's kind of, it's better than virtual reality because when you experience virtual reality you have this just device on and but nothing happens around you. You don't feel anything. I mean those winds coming out from different corners, smells, et cetera. Here you experience all of this. And that makes it just even more rich and unforgettable.
00:34:11 John Daub: The cost to enter is 1000 yen. 1000 yen. And can I see the link one more time? If you want to see that background video on it, you can just go here and check it out. Scramble.media. Click the Mugan. The link is in the, yeah the link is in the description of this video as well. I put a little bit of a um and I'll add some more links as well as Pablo's social media which you should check out. See what she's up to. As well as Neil and Jiro. We'll put some links in the description for you to be able to check that out. Great questions everybody. I really appreciate you joining me. Thank you so much Pablo for being here and for Jiro for inviting us. Thank you so much. And Neil for doing this NFT project. I'm really interested to see when does it launch?
00:34:54 Neil: August 4th, August 4th is the truck goes on sale. The truck goes on sale. So if you want to bring this attraction to your country. All you gotta do is to bid on it on the NFT and you'd be able to bring this across the world. That is a pretty cool project.
00:35:12 John Daub: Can you imagine for example parties, birthday parties, weddings something like that. This is an unforgettable experience. I'm telling you but come on like if you can do a party inside why can't you do a wedding? Right? Why not? I'm talking to my wife. Can I, I will not have this at our wedding at our anniversary party. I'm not going to do it. Please don't worry about it. We're all good.
00:35:36 Pablo Absento: Wedding? Pablo really? Halloween is coming. Halloween is coming. Yes. So please consider.
00:35:46 John Daub: I like Pablo. By the way I'm having a feature in production this year and we have just discussed. So maybe the Amazing Jiro will be a part of it. Maybe who knows. Maybe I get lucky. And that's why I'm directing a feature film. It's in script. It's in screenplay format from producer of The Searching Timur Bekmambetov. So please stay tuned with all of our works. So maybe we will collaborate all together and we'll have you know a party to celebrate just right here. I'm not going back in there. Why are you pointing in that direction? I'm not going back in there.
00:36:24 Jiro: By then it will change a lot. That's true. It will get scarier.
00:36:28 John Daub: In this confined space a director can always change up the course of the horror. That's true. And scare you in different ways. Thank you so much everybody. I appreciate it very much. Thanks for the team that invited me over here. I just want to back up and show you the truck. This is what it is right here. And again like I am Lilac the video is on the website scramble.media. So you can go and check it out. It's a background video. And I'll put a link in the description. I believe it's already there. This is Tokyo Tower. You can see we're right underneath the shadow of it. I'm looking up at it right now. And I'm going to pan down and just show you the truck. There's almost nobody here. I hope that people do start to make their way here. I know it is a tough time but they are taking precautions. So this event is pretty safe. You don't touch anything because the horror comes to you. I am not kidding. Let me just say a couple of words here. There's nobody around. I'm not kidding. That was scary. I probably will have nightmares about it. It basically took everything from Walking Dead and it pulled me in there. Like a situation where you can't move and the horror comes to you on all directions. That my friends is awesome. I want to just drive this truck on the highway. I don't know. All right. The NFT project is pretty cool. Go check out Neil's website and the video is there. We're going to have Pablo back on I think. And talk about some of her projects because she's got a lot of stuff going on. And I guarantee you September October is going to be some pretty scary Only in Japan episodes. The edited video is going to be really cool as well. I'm taking some B-roll right there. There's my camera. Have a good day. Have a good night everybody. Thanks for joining me. I will take you to another Olympic venue sometime this weekend and over the course of the Olympics. Should be really cool. Thank you so much everybody. See you in the next livestream. Enjoy the last 20 seconds just staring at the truck. Which is pretty creepy. Lost Boy 3050. You got it. I'm working on that right now. The folklore of Japan. Pretty awesome.